In The Third Gender, McDaniel addresses the idea of the "third gender" in early hagiography and Latin treatises on virginity and then examines Aelfric's treatment of gender in his translations of Latin monastic Lives for his non-monastic audiences. She first investigates patristic ideas about a "third gender" by describing this concept within the theoretical frameworks of monasticism and then turns to creating a historical and theological cultural context within which to locate an interpretation of Aelfric's portrayals of male and female saints.
| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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ix | |
| Introduction: Gender, Memory, and Seeing Things Their Way |
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xi | |
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The Latin Doctors and the Concept of Metagender |
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1 | (68) |
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Metagender, Gender, and Ælfric's Lives of Saints |
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69 | (36) |
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105 | (30) |
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Brides and Soldiers of Christ |
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135 | (34) |
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Material and Spiritual Bodies |
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169 | (24) |
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Material and Spiritual Rulership |
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193 | (30) |
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223 | (20) |
| Conclusion: Metagender, Gender, and Ælfric |
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243 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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247 | (24) |
| Index |
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Rhonda L. McDaniel is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University and is interested in Anglo-Saxon studies, hagiography, manuscript studies, memory, and gender.
